Waterproof dressing for boots and shoes.



, two fluid drama, is subsequently a compound togive the same a pleasant odor.

. cellent vehicle or the latter and renders, the

' red gas engine oil, onequart.

.blended.

EVA R. ooBuRnWoF BLUFFTON, on o.

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v spe cification of Letters ratent. AppficationjiledfMarch 15, 1906. Serial No. 306,270.

To all whom it may concern: V I

Be itknown that I, EVA-YB. CoBUnN,a-ci.tizen of the United States, residing at Bluffton, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulWaterproof Dressing for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a water 'pr'oof compound or paste for boots, shoes and other leather articles and has for its object to provide a" compound or dressing which when applied to calf, enamel, or patent leather,

will render the same soft and pliable and impervious to moisture.

With the above object in view -theinverk tion consists in a compound or, paste formed of the following in redients in the propor tions stated, to wit: beeswax, one-half pound, white paraffin Wax, one-half pound, and pure In carry ng the invention-into. effect the oil is first placed in a suitablereceptacle and heated sufficiently to melt the wax after which the beeswax and paraffin wax are added and the several in redients thoroughly stirred or agitated unt'T the 'arts are well .The mixture is It en removed from the fire and allowed to cool untiLthe same assumes the consistency of soft butter or cream, the compound being preferably subjected to a constant stirring or mixing;

during the cooling process. A referablyoperation small quantity of oil of bergamot,

ded to the Red gas engine oil is a trade name applied to a mineral oil produced from crude petroleum by eliminating the volatile-liquids or gases,

the resulting oil beingsmooth and heavy and when combined with beeswax and paraffin wax in the pro ortions .stated forms an exleather .soft and impervious to moisture.

' moisture being formed 0 .that the same may In using the aste or "dressing a uantity of the mixture is applie vs oesor leather in any suitable manner as with a brush or sponge,

nd after the mixores of 1 the leather ture has penetrated the a soft rag or cloth thelatter is olished wit therebyren ering" the surface of the leather "5 0 i absolutely water and."

soft and pliable and roof. The oil enters into' the pores-of t e leather andserves to reserve the same while the beeswax holds t leather a high lustrous polish.

The paste is ut up ln-boxes or, jarsand few and inexpensive ingredients may be placed upon the market andsold at'a comparatively smallcost. D 60 While the pasteis preferably designed as a dressing. for boots, and shoesit is,obvious good results as aj'dressing for bugg'ytops,

harnesses, leather coverings and wherever it is desired to renovate and soften leather of any description that has become hardened or cracked by exposure to the elementsu Having thus described the invention, what* is claimed is! I '3 The hereindescribed water proof dressing for boots and shoes the same consisting of beeswax one-half pound, white paraffin,

one-half pound, and pure red gas engine oil being combined with" one %uart, the same two, uid drains of oil of',bergamot, substantially in the manner and the proportions stated. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as mv own, I, have hereto aflixed my signature $0 in the presence of two witnesses. 1 EVA R. COBURN. Witnesses: I

CLIFF. M. Do'rY,

'J CALL.

Patented March 177, i908.

small d to the 4t e oilin the pores and the'paraffiir wax gives the be used with equally 

